Wyden invites Boehner to talk tax reform — over wine

Have a drink on me: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden is inviting House Speaker John Boehner to “sit down together and figure out how to get tax reform done.” The Oregon Democrat is even throwing in a special incentive for the famously wine-loving Boehner: “Let me know a time that works for you, and I’ll bring along some of Oregon’s best pinot noir,” Wyden writes in Politico. Wyden says there is a clear window of opportunity to enact comprehensive tax reform and urges Boehner to buck those who say it can’t be done.

Ideas man: Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana is set to unveil the second plank of a would-be policy platform Tuesday with the release of a comprehensive energy plan, The Wall Street Journal reports. It’s part of his moving early to stake a claim in the field of potential GOP presidential candidates by casting himself as one of his party’s leading policy thinkers. At this early stage, however, voters don’t seem to be paying much attention. Jindal is last among 10 Republicans regularly included in polls of the prospective 2016 field, according to a poll tally by the site RealClearPolitics.

Curbing a coolant: The Obama administration is preparing to introduce major steps to phase out production of a popular chemical coolant, citing growing evidence the substance is contributing to global warming. The Washington Post reports the White House will announce on Tuesday a series of voluntary commitments by some of the biggest U.S. chemical firms and retailers to move away from R-134a and similar compounds used in nearly every office, home and car in the country. The Post said the steps would give a boost to the administration’s efforts on climate change.

Let Hillary be Hillary: Some of Hillary Clinton’s supporters say she’s being too careful as she dips her toes into the 2016 waters. The Hill reports Clinton’s allies say she’s been too cautious and scripted with some of her actions this year, such as when she was slow to respond to the August shooting of an unarmed teenager in Ferguson, Mo. They argue that voters like to see Hillary Clinton uncut and unvarnished, not deliberative and cautious. Asked if the cautiousness is something Team Clinton recognizes as a problem if she runs in 2016, Democratic strategist Jim Manley said: “If they’re looking for lessons from 2008, I sure as hell hope so.”

ISIS alert: The Homeland Security Department, FBI and lawmakers who represent areas near the U.S.-Mexico border say there is no truth to warnings that the terror group ISIS is miles from the border and plan to launch attacks. In a written statement reported by the New York Times, Homeland Security officials said “there is no credible intelligence to suggest that there is an active plot by [ISIS] to attempt to cross the southern border.” Democrats say opponents of President Barack Obama are playing on concerns about terrorism as part of their attempt to portray him as having failed to secure the border against illegal immigration.